Am 16.04.2010 um 03:22 schrieb Jean-François Mertens: > >>> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 05:53:57AM +0200, Jean-François Mertens >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Jack, >>>> >>>> I just updated libffi to check on that; >>>> I guess the same conflict will remain, >>>> so _ either the 2 manpages are essentiially equivalent, >>>> ad then a mutual "Replaces" would suffice, >>>> or else update-alternatives is called for, >>>> and then (if that's what you mean with "who should own"), >>>> it seems clear, as a matter of general principle, >>>> that the original pkg has the higher priority... >>>> Since libffi belongs to "None", you can handle this >>>> for both pkgs. > > One build just finished (the one on 64bit _ seems much faster); > the 2 manpages are identical, so you could conceivably also > go for just a mutual "Replaces". > Though this is slightly less safe: if a user removes the last > installed pkg of the 2, he would be left w/o that man3 page > for the other pkg. > But I'd guess such a user, if he needs that man3 page, knows > sufficiently about libffi, and will think of reinstalling > the pkg he wants to use. >
Actually, for such a case, the correct solution would be to just use update-alternatives (see e.g sed.info and ssed.info). This avoid the problem you mention completely. Cheers, Max ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
